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Page 119 Vol. 67, No. 4, Winter 2003 Mississippi Libraries REFERENCES 1. Gault, L.V., M. Shultz, and K.J. Davies. “Variations in medical subject headings (MeSH) mapping: from the natural language of patron terms to the controlled vocabulary of mapped lists,” Journal of the Medical Library Association, v. 90, no. 2 (Apr. 2002), p. 173-80. 2. Lipscomb, C.E. “Medical subject headings (MeSH),” Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, v. 88, no. 3 (July 2000), p. 265-66. 3. Olson, T. and G.L. Strawn. “Mapping the LCSH and MeSH systems at Northwestern University,” Information Technology and Libraries, v. 16 (Mar. 1997), p. 5-19. 4. National Library of Medicine. “Application of MeSH for Medical Catalogers.” 3 Oct. 2002. NLM Cataloging Section. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/cataloging/catmesh.html 5. Kwan, J.K. “Late Night Reading: Medical Subject Headings 2002,” Latitudes, v. 11, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 2002), 1 p. Pacific Southwest Regional Medical Library. 16 Aug. 2002. http://nnlm.gov/psr/lat/v11n1/mesh2002.html 6. National Library of Medicine, “MeSH Section Home Page,” 5 Mar. 2002. NLM, Medical Subject Headings. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh 7. Savage, A. “2004 MeSH Changes to the Category B Organisms Tree and the Check Tag Animal,” NLM Technical Bulletin, no. 334, (2003 Sept./Oct.), e5. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so03/so03_animals.html Join MLA! Don’t forget to pay 2004 MLA dues. Dues must be paid by January 15 in order to vote in the officers’ election and receive the spring issue of Mississippi Libraries. A membership form is located on the inside back cover of ML.
Mississippi Libraries Vol. 67, No. 4, Winter 2003 Page 120 In the Public Eye Joining the Research Revolution: Flowood Library’s Experience as a Pilot Site By Jan Neal Central Mississippi Regional Library System jneal@cmrls.lib.ms.us In July 2002, the G. Chastaine Flynt Memorial Library in Flowood was selected as one of 50 pilot sites nationwide to participate in the series, Research Revolution: Science and the Shaping of Modern Life, a film and discussion series offered by National Video Resources (NVR) in partnership with the American Library Association (ALA). The National Science Foundation also provided major funding. SEIZING THE OPPORTUNITY The library first became aware of this opportunity in May 2002 when our reference librarian read about the series on the American Library Association Public Programs Office electronic discussion list. The list makes information about ALA public programs, projects and upcoming events more immediately available to public libraries. We felt the series would be a wonderful programming opportunity for the community we serve and immediately began the application process. The application, provided by National Video Resources, (NVR) www.nvr.org, required basic information about the library, the program coordinator, a participating local scholar, and local partners. The following questions were part of the application: Who are you What target audience would you like to reach with the series What experience has your library had with public programming Why would you like to be a site for the project How do you plan to publicize the series What community partners do you plan to involve in the project PARTICIPANTS AND PARTNERS We named Flowood’s branch manager, Jan Neal, as the program coordinator and recruited a local Belhaven College professor, Dr. Westley F. Busbee, as our scholar participant. The Mississippi Library Commission, Central Mississippi Regional Library System, Friends of the Flowood Library, and Crossroads Film Society of Jackson, Mississippi, all agreed to partner with us for this exciting event and wrote letters of support for the application. Our partners agreed to provide volunteer and funding assistance, mailing lists, and overall general support toward the success of the film series should we be selected as a pilot site. The library was notified by e-mail on July 15th of our selection as one of 50 program pilot sites. Our coordinator and scholar flew to Denver, Colorado, on October 18, 2002, for a two-day seminar. A minimal amount of record keeping detailing project expenditures, statistics, and participant and presenter evaluations was required by NVR before, during, and at the completion of the project. AN EASY-TO-FOLLOW MODEL The viewing and discussion series is an easy-to-follow model and eliminates much of the worry of public programming. NVR provides complete training and access to online support from national project staff and from experienced colleagues around the country. The training seminar gives library coordinators and scholars a chance to come together, share ideas, and receive training from film and programming experts. A look at the table of contents of the NVR series program manual provides a clue as to the quality and extent of training: Planning the Series, Guidelines for Scholars, Promotion, Funders, Administrative Documents, Program Guides: Overview, Guide to Films, Sample Discussion Questions, Resources, Promotional Documents: Fact Sheet, Sample Press Release, Sample Media Alert, Sample Public Service Announcements, and Sample Letters to Community Groups. Especially valuable for scholar Dr. Busbee was the chance to meet with other scholars to view the films and observe as NVR representatives demonstrated how to facilitate meaningful discussion for each session. Librarian coordinators also met in a group to learn strategies for planning, publicizing, and implementing sessions. Topics for sessions on the seminar agenda include Presenting the Series (Session by Session); Demonstration Session; Attracting & Building an Audience; Idea Exchange for Leading Discussions; and Evaluating and Reporting. Each session was extremely well done. Both the scholar and the librarian hostess left excited about the series and well equipped for a successful event from start to finish. ABOUT NATIONAL VIDEO RESOURCES (NVR) NVR outlines and promotes all of their current film series on their Web site, www.nvr.org. The site explains that the organization “offers libraries and other nonprofits the chance to present to the public the highest quality independent films, videos and documentaries, along with the scholar-led discussions, on major events, leaders and technologies of the 20th century…NVR believes that independently produced films, videos and documentaries provide the public with lifelong learning opportunities. NVR’s Viewing and Discussion series offer libraries carefully selected and professionally curated collections of films and documentaries.
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